Tag: seismic

A family reunion 150 million years in making: Paleontologists identify nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus

PALEONTOLOGY20/12/2024

Christmas is the time for families to come together, and in the midst of the festive season, University of Leicester paleontologists have announced that they have reunited a family that has been separated for 150 million...

ESA and NASA satellites deliver first joint picture of Greenland Ice Sheet melting

OCEANOGRAPHY20/12/2024

Academics from Northumbria University are part of an international research team which has used data from satellites to track changes in the thickness of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Global warming is causing the Ice Sheet to melt...

Seismic and infrasonic signals used to characterize Nord Stream pipeline events

EARTHQUAKES06/01/2024

Seismic events that coincided with sudden drops in pressure within the Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines in September 2022 alerted the...

Washington’s volcanoes are experiencing seismic tremors from an unlikely source—glaciers

VOLCANOES23/10/2023

Most people think of seismic activity as the result of movement along faults or of violent volcanic eruptions. But seismic events can have other...

First seismic network installed on Alaska’s reawakened Mount Edgecumbe volcano

VOLCANOES18/09/2023

Mount Edgecumbe volcano in Southeast Alaska has become the latest addition to the Alaska Volcano Observatory's ground-based monitoring network. An observatory team in early...

Bouncing seismic waves reveal distinct layer in Earth’s inner core

EARTH22/02/2023

Data captured from seismic waves caused by earthquakes has shed new light on the deepest parts of Earth's inner core, according to seismologists from...

Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action, but it is possible to prepare

EARTHQUAKES16/02/2023

Two days after a devastating earthquake struck, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited one of the worst affected areas and declared that it was...

Getting ready for the next ‘big’ quake in Missouri’s new Madrid seismic zone

EARTHQUAKES02/02/2023

There are hundreds of minor earthquakes each year in Missouri's New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), but most of them are too small for people...

Seismic device made for extraterrestrial research can help tackle climate change on Earth

EARTH17/09/2022

Underground carbon sequestration is a promising approach to fight climate change, yet there are major obstacles to overcome before this technology can be applied...